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<p class="title">Application Round Opens for Paris Meeting Fellowships</p>
<p class="subtitle">Program makes sure global voices heard at ICANN's International
Public Meetings</p>
<p class="docdate">7 December 2007
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<p> <strong>MARINA DEL REY, Calif.</strong> : The Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers is putting out the call for fellowship program applications
for its 32nd International Public Meeting to be held in Paris from 22-27 June
2008. </p>
<p>"The fellowship program plays a key role in making sure that global
voices are heard at the ICANN meeting and in our various public forums," said
Theresa Swinehart, ICANN's Vice President, Global and Strategic Partnerships. </p>
<p>The 23 fellows from 22 countries who played an active role at the Los Angeles
meeting were chosen from 167 applications received. An additional 10 candidates
chosen in this round were deferred to the New Delhi meeting in February.
Of the fellows at the Los Angeles meeting, 10 had never attended an ICANN meeting
before, and seven were alumni from the inaugural program in San Juan this
past June. </p>
<p> Priority is given to applicants who are current residents of developing and
least developed nations and interested in participating in ICANN and its supporting
organizations, such as the Governmental Advisory Committee, the Country Code
Names Supporting Organization, and the Generic Names Supporting Organization.
The fellowship will assist in covering airfare, hotel and a stipend. Recipients
will be expected to actively participate in and contribute to ICANN processes.
As always, registration for ICANN's meetings is free for anyone wanting to
attend. </p>
<p>Applications will be accepted from now until 1200 PDT ( UTC -7) on
11 January 2008. More information, as well as a link to the application for
a fellowship, is available online at: <a href="http://www.icann.org/fellowships/">http://www.icann.org/fellowships/</a> </p>
<p><strong> About ICANN: </strong></p>
<p> ICANN is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet's system
of unique identifiers like domain names (like .org, .museum and country codes
like .uk) and the addresses used in a variety of Internet protocols that help
computers reach each other over the Internet. Careful management of these resources
is vital to the Internet's operation, so ICANN's global stakeholders meet regularly
to develop policies that ensure the Internet's ongoing security and stability.
ICANN is an internationally organized, public benefit non-profit company. For
more information please visit: <a href="http://www.icann.org/">www.icann.org</a>. </p>
<p><strong>Media Contacts: </strong></p>
<p>Jason Keenan <br>
Media Adviser, ICANN (USA) <br>
Ph: +1 310 382 4004<br>
E: <a href="mailto:jason.keenan@icann.org">jason.keenan@icann.org</a> </p>
<p>International: Andrew Robertson <br> Edelman (London) <br> Ph: +44 7921 588 770 <br> E: <a href="mailto:andrew.robertson@edelman.com">andrew.robertson@edelman.com</a> </p>
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